Our dev team spent the summer shipping, and most of our fixes and features aim at one thing: helping you sell more heading into the holidays. New ways to get paid, a first look at some AI experiments, and a pile of improvements across the apps you already use. Here's what's new.
Spotlight: Build a POWR form in Shopify without leaving Sidekick
TL;DR: POWR Forms now works with Shopify Sidekick 🥳. You can ask Sidekick to help you set up a form and it walks you through building it, styling it, and embedding it on your store. Live today for Shopify merchants.
Until now, adding a form to your Shopify store meant knowing what you wanted before you started. Which fields, which page, which layout, what happens after someone hits submit. Now you can ask. Open Sidekick from your Shopify dashboard, tell it you want help getting started with a POWR form, and it takes it from there.
How it works:
- Open Sidekick from your Shopify admin and ask it to help you get started with a POWR form.
- Sidekick opens the POWR app and stays with you inside it.
- It guides the build: what to edit, which fields to add, and how to format the form so it reads as part of your store rather than a widget pasted on. It's especially helpful when you're deciding what to name your form and which questions to ask.
- It handles the embed. When the form is ready, Sidekick helps you install it and place it on your storefront.
- It keeps answering after launch. Once the form is live, you can ask how it's performing.
Why we built it: this started at Dot Dev, Shopify's partner conference, earlier this summer, where we saw how easily merchants use Sidekick to streamline their work. The work was already underway for our Popup app, and after a few conversations we realized how valuable it would be for Forms too. A few sprints later, here's the first version. We're still actively developing this, along with AI and Sidekick across the rest of our apps, so we want your feedback when you test it. Tell us at marketing@powr.io.
New ways to get paid
For merchants using POWR's Forms & Payments or PayPal button, we've added some additional methods to collect payment. We'll be adding more payment options as the year continues.
Venmo. One of the most requested options from merchants using the POWR PayPal button and Payment Forms. Now your shoppers can check out with Venmo instead of hunting for a card. This is available for US-based store owners only for now.
Google Pay. We're all about making it easier for you to collect payment, and one-tap checkout is the cheapest way to do it. Merchants who add digital wallets typically see a 15 to 30% lift in checkout completion, especially on mobile, where more than 60% of ecommerce traffic now happens (source). Google Pay is live for all merchants on PayPal Complete Payments.
If you're using POWR's integration with PayPal and have not yet upgraded to their new checkout experience, now is the time! It unlocks these payment options (and more) so you can process more revenue this upcoming holiday shopping season.
A first look at AI
AI Shopping Assistant (early access 👀). We're really excited about this one and have been keeping it quiet, so we're sneaking in an early preview. This is a chat assistant on every page of your store that answers product questions from your catalog, checks size and stock, and can add to cart and start checkout right inside the chat. It's in limited beta today and we're working with a small group of merchants with quick feedback loops. Click here to request to join and our PM Illia will review your application and get back to you ASAP.
POWR Forms in Shopify Sidekick (beta). Build a form just by asking Sidekick, live for Shopify merchants now. See the full walkthrough in the spotlight above.
POWR Popup in Shopify Sidekick (beta). Sidekick builds popups, too! Ask it to set up a popup and it walks you through the design, the offer, and getting it live on your storefront. Try it here.
More apps, in more places
POWR Email on Shopify (beta). Moving out of closed beta next week, we're releasing an email app for Shopify merchants. Built directly into your Shopify Dashboard and integrated with your existing contact lists, our goal is to give you the easiest setup experience and drive the most revenue possible. This launches next Wednesday and will be available to all POWR merchants.
Email is already live on Wix (and free to try!). Install it here.
Per-form analytics. Every form now has its own analytics tab, so you can see how each one performs instead of guessing.
Improved
- Per-form analytics. Every form now has its own analytics tab, so you can see how each one performs instead of guessing.
- We recently updated our dashboard and settings across all of our apps to make the experience of setting up and customizing your apps even better.
Some smaller fixes we think will make your life easier:
- Popup date picker visibility, mobile image hide, input borders, and submission errors.
- Form currency dropdown scrolling, auto-responders sending when toggled on, duplicate opt-in columns, and "Submitted at" in CSV exports.
- Plus we beefed up authentication on Shopify with new auth updates and password reset steps.
- Adding collaborate access to your forms is now easier on Wix & Shopify, and your team can have their own logins.
The boring but important part
We updated our terms and conditions to cover how we process your data if you use the AI Shopping Assistant.
Get BFCM-ready before the rush
The one time all year your shoppers are primed to buy is worth setting up for early. Our BCFM Bundle is 70% through October 31, so you're ready before peak instead of scrambling during it. Get the bundle.*
And to make this your best BFCM yet, check out our guide to how to optimize your popups, forms, and emails for the upcoming holiday shopping season. New this season: our BFCM guide walks you through getting every POWR app performing at its best before the rush. Read the guide.
*The fine print. The POWR BFCM Bundle is available new subscriptions only and cannot be combined with other offers. Merchants already on a Business plan are not eligible. Reach out to us with any questions about the BFCM bundle!